HB 1535  - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION

26-2577

06/05

HOUSE BILL 1535

AN ACT relative to clarifying eligible renewable energy classes under the renewable portfolio standard.

SPONSORS: Rep. Cormen, Graf. 15; Sen. Prentiss, Dist 5

COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy

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ANALYSIS

This bill clarifies eligibility criteria for certain thermal energy sources within class I renewable energy.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

26-2577

06/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT relative to clarifying eligible renewable energy classes under the renewable portfolio standard.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1  Electric Renewable Energy Classes.  RSA 362-F:4, I(b) is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:  

(b) Geothermal energy, but for useful thermal energy the unit must begin operation after January 1, 2013.

2 Electric Renewable Energy Classes.  RSA 362-F:4, I(e) is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:  

(e) Methane gas, but for useful thermal energy the unit must begin operation after January 1, 2013.

3 Electric Renewable Energy Classes.  RSA 362-F:4, I(g) is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:  

(g) Solar thermal energy, but for useful thermal energy the unit must begin operation after January 1, 2013.

4  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.